Friday, June 25th

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Hi all,

This week we officially launched our fales and the students were very excited. They are earning tokens in and out of class for showing the New Windsor way values - Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Confidence, Collaborative and Creative. See photo below.

In class this week students wrote explanation reports about everyday objects and how they work. They will continue with this next week. They have learnt about fractions and did Kaitiakitanga (guardianship and conservation) art.

Mid-year reports went home today with writing and PAT assessment results. Make sure you book in a time to see me for Student Involved Conferences to discuss these further.

Stars of the Week were Bahes, Prisha, Sahar, Kiri, Zaheer and Shuaib.

Next week is another busy week with an open day and blessing of astro turf planned on Thursday. The blessing is at 12.30pm and open day is from 2pm-3pm.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 18th

 Hi all,

Another week over and only three left of this term - it's going so quickly! This week students of Room 15 wrote nursery rhymes, learnt about improper/equivalent fractions and comprehension in reading. In Physical Education they played netball - boys versus girls: boys won 3-2. The week finished with two discos - one for Years 1-3 and one for Years 4-6. I went to both and the students had a great time (see photo below). Stars of the Week were Prisha, Viral, Pia, Sahar and Ayesha.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 11th

Hi all,

It has been a short but busy week. Monday was Queen's Birthday and school was closed today for teachers to get professional development in DMIC maths. This is a new way of teaching mathematics which hopefully your child has been talking about.

Students have been busy writing their own ending to popular nursery rhymes, performing plays, learning about fractions and doing science. Students learnt how bees feel vibrations - using a tuning fork, water and a ping pong ball - see photos below.

Stars of the Week were Aleena, Mele, Prisha, Viral and Bahes. Congratulations to these students.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, June 4th

Hi all,

This week I finished writing reports for your child and these are currently being read by the Senior Leadership Team. They will go home in the week starting June 21st. I am looking forward to informing you of your child's progress. 

This week's inquiry was Social Science and how changes affect different habitats, particularly the area outside rooms 26 and 27 where trees have been cut down. 

Students received prizes for their road safety prizes - see Prisha Prakash and Anthony Yeh below who took out 3rd place and Highly Commended respectively. 

Stars of the Week were Isabelle, Farhaan, Sahar, Shuaib and Viral.

Have a good extra long weekend and I'll see you on Tuesday.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, May 28th

Hi all,

Another busy week has ended. This week we celebrated Samoan language which culminated with a special assembly hosted by the Samoan community on Friday. 

At the moment students are learning Futsal (indoor soccer) with Sport Waitakere and they are really enjoying it. 

Road Safety Week posters were judged this week with Prisha Prakash taking out third place and Anthony Yeh highly commended. Well done Prisha and Anthony! See the blog next week for photos.

This week also marked the end of the Travelwise Challenge where New Windsor School students recorded their walks to and from school each day for four weeks. Next week I'll announce the class with the most walks and the three students with the most walks. The class will get $100 to spend and the three students will get prizes from Auckland Transport. 

The Spiders reading group read about pumpkins this week and then planted pumpkin seeds. These will be kept inside during winter then transplanted into the school garden in spring. See photos below. Stars of this week were Sahar, Harsh, Kalopae, Zaheer and Viral. Congratulations to everyone.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, May 21st

Hi all,

New Windsor School had a successful Road Safety Week with lots of great posters promoting road safety, speed laser guns measuring speed of passing motorists and "Be Seen, Be Safe" Day on Friday (see photo below). This was also Pink Shirt Day for anti-bullying. Posters will be judged next week with three prizes up for grabs - a $50 Westfield voucher, $30 Westfield voucher and $20 Westfield voucher. Students also put their best foot forward in the Cross Country yesterday. Many of Room 15 students finished in the top ten which means they will be invited to run in the Inter-School Cross Country. Stars of the Week were Sahar, Pia, Ayesha, Tobias and Shalom. Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday.

Mr Henderson.

Friday, May 14th

Hi all,

A belated Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers - I hope your children spoiled you rotten. It has been a busy week in Room 15 with DMIC (Developing Mathematics In Communities) mentors from Massey University visiting every day. This is a new way of teaching maths which New Windsor School has adopted and the teachers are going through an intensive three-year training programme. Ask your child about it. 

Next week is Road Safety Week. "Be Seen, Be Safe" Day is on Friday, May 21st - encourage your child to wear bright clothes. Throughout the week children will create posters to promote three messages - "Drop children off outside school", "Yellow lines mean no stopping" and "Slow down around schools". If your child is at school from 8.20-8.45am on Thursday they could get to use a speed laser gun.

This week Room 15 students wrote Describing poems, using adjectives and verbs. Check out Sahar and Viral's poems below.

Stars of the Week were Wil, Cordeliah, Prisha, Joseph T and Mele. Congratulations! Have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday.

Mr Henderson.

Pokemon

Pokemon

Thinking, Counting

Weird charter,Type of card,Weird name

Cards

Sports

Sports

Kicking,Throwing

Excited, Hot, Active

Game

Soccer

Soccer

Playing, Kicking, Passing

Active, Hot, White, Black

Football

Clouds

Clouds

Raining, Moving

White, High, Shape

Water vapour

Insect

Insect

Walking, Hiding

Small, Active, Colour

Bug

By Viral

School

School

Learning, Playing

Fun, Exciting, Strong

Kura

Flowers

Flowers

Growing, Leaning.

Beautiful, Big, Colourful

Plant

Friends

Friends

Playing, Helping

Kind, Friendly, Cool

Kind person

Cars

Cars

Moving, Rumbling

Big, Colourful, Fast

Vehicle

Mum

Mum

Caring, Helping

Lovely, Kind, Awesome

Parent

By Sahar